** spl Ostuarii, doorkeeper to the monastery of Iona. The first of the family came over from Ireland with "Colum Cille," but causing the displeasure of that saint, he invoked a curse on him, by which it was decreed that never more than five of his clan should exist at the same time. Accordingly, when a sixth was born one of the five was to look for death, which always happened until the race was extinguished. A female who died about the middle of the 18th. century, in Iona, was the last person who could trace a lineage to the doorkeepers of this monastery.

gen cloinne [clainn, clanna & clainne] collective sf Offspring, children. 2 Descendants. 3** Clan, tribe. Clann bheaga, little children; cleas na cloinne bige, the manner of little children; Clann Mhuirich, the MacPhersons; ClannDòmhnaill, the MacDonalds; Clann an Tòisich, the Macintoshes; clann dìolain, bastard children; clann an cloinne, their children's children; a chlann nan sonn, ye descendants of heroes; thoir seo dhan chloinn, give this to the children. [Clann is followed by the adjective in the plural when in nominative case, but in the singular when in other cases. It aspirates a proper name following except one beginning with D. It is preceded by the article in the singular. "Donald's children" may be either "clann Dòmhnaill", with the emphasis on clann, or "clann Dhòmhnaill" with the emphasis on Dhòmhnall. Clan Donald has the emphasis on "Dòmhnaill." "Donald's children" is generally "clann Dòmhnaill" in the Gairloch district and "clann Dhòmhnaill" in Lorn.

(given by grammars as past. ind of v. beir, but it is a different word). Bore. 2 (with preposition air, either simple or compounded) ** Caught, overtook, seized. Rug iad clann, they bore children; rug i uan, she yeaned; rug i meann, she kidded; rug i cuileanan, she whelped or cubbed; rug i searrach, she foaled; rug i ugh, she laid an egg; rug i uirceanan, she farrowed; rug sinn oirre, we overtook her; rug e air bhuam, he laid hold of it out of my hands; rug a' bhan-rìgh air an ugh, the queen seized the egg — WH1 10.

-ein, -an, sm Sluggard, lazy person. 2 Sloven. Seall thusa dhomh-sa an leisgean agus seallaidh mise dhut-sa am mèirleach, you show me the sluggard and I will show you the thief. Another version is, baobach air an leisg a tha ann, bheir i a clann chùm na croiche, (confound that laziness, it brings its children to the gallows).